Fishing periods, number of fishing days, catch limits, commerical, research, and total catch (thousands of pounds) by regulatory area for the 1996 Pacific halibut  commercial fishery.
AREA
FISHING 
PERIOD
 NO. OF DAYS CATCH LIMIT
COMMERCIAL
CATCH
RESEARCH CATCH
 TOTAL CATCH
2A- treaty Indian
3/15-4/07
directed (4)
incidental
142.8
25.2
168.0
155
13
168
-
168
2A incidental
5/01 - 6/30
61
161
9
-
9
2A directed
7/102
7/242
10 hours
10 hours
91
(98)1
76
42
118
-
118
2B
3/15 - 11/15
245
9,5203
9,456
101
9,557
2C
3/15 - 11/15
245
9,0005
8,7374
123
8,860
3A
3/15 - 11/15
245
20,0005
19,318
378
19,696
3B
3/15 - 11/15
245
3,7005
3,360
302
3,662
4A
3/15 - 11/15
245
1,9505
1,694
-
1,694
4B
3/15 - 11/15
245
2,3105
2,075
-
2,075
4C
3/15 - 11/15
245
7705
680
-
680
4D
3/15 - 11/15
245
7705
703
-
703
4E
3/15 - 11/15
245
1205
120
-
120
Alaska total
-
-
38,620
36,687
803
37,490
TOTAL
-
-
48,415
46,438
904
47,342

1. 7,000 pounds carried over from the incidental to directed commercial catch limit
2. Fishing periods by vessel class.
3. An additional 12,600 pounds available as carryover from 1995.
4. Includes 126,000 pounds taken by Metlakatla Indians during additional fishing within reservation waters.
5. Additional carryover in 000's of pounds from the underage program were: 2C= 289; 3A= 485; 3B= 33; 4A= 11; 4B=106; 4C = 13; 4D =4; 4E = 0